The cruel dark by Bea Northwick

 

Miss Millie Foxboro has an invitation to come help Professor Callum Hughes at his estate Willowfield. The drive is going to be a long one from what the driver said. So she just laid back in the seat and fell asleep for awhile. When the driver said to look and she say the estate, it was much bigger then she expected. 

Ms. Dillard was the main house cook and a few other things. She seemed a little standoffish. Because there wasn't much electric in the house, Ms. Dillard was carrying a candle. She walked me up to the room I was going to be staying in. Felicity was there with some tea to help me relax. I did ask when I was going to meet the Professor and Ms. Dillard said tomorrow. The room was nice. Had it's own bathroom with a nice bathtub. 

Millie didn't know what to think. She kept hearing things outside the door and when she opened it, there was no one there. Then, she saw a figure of a woman dressed in white standing by a door. When she moved to walk towards it, it disappeared into the door it was standing by. Millie decided to just turn back around and go to bed. She knew she was seeing things and figured she would just disregard it. 

When Millie met to Professor it was later the net day. He quizzed her about what languages she new and wither or not she would be able to help him. The library was a mess but, pretty big. Most of that day they worked together sorting out his notes and papers. Off and on she noticed that he would glance at her. What she didn't know was that his wife had died and that he was constantly looking at her and asking he questions. 

There were some night where she didn't seem herself and began to sleep walk again. The professor was drunk one night when she just followed that ghost into his room. He started to come on to her. She wasn't in the kind of mood for that and said she should just go back to her room. 

I'll leave it at that. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens. It was better then I thought. Ghosts and many other things go on in that house. Makes for a fast read and a short read.  

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

 

Kylie is standing at the bus stop waiting for the school bus, when a guy walks over to her with a gun pointing at her head. He tells her to do what she's told and she won't get hurt. There is know one else around yet. She is walked to a car that waiting after he hang cuffs her. He helps her into the back seat and the woman driving takes off. He has also put a blindfold over her eyes. 

Rachel is on her way to see her doctor. She's guessing that the news isn't good if her tests she had done, didn't quite turn out to be okay. The next thing she knows, she gets a phone call with an unlisted number calling her. She answers the phone and the caller has it's voice muffled. It tells her to pull over on the road, and listen to what she has to say. 

She pulls over and sits there. They call her back and says that she has her daughter Kylie and that she'll kill her if she doesn't follow the instructions she's going to give her. Rachel is having problem with this. Something like this, isn't something happens everyday. 

The person on the phone at first tells her to write this all down. First she needs to send $25,000 to an account online of bitcoins. Next, she needs to find a kid herself and kidnap him or her. It's called The Chain and the chain needs to continue. After Rachel wrote all the information down, she tries to have them let her talk to Kylie. It doesn't happen and they hang up on her. 

She calls the doctors and says can't make it. She makes her way into town and over to the bank. It's not quite open yet. Someone comes over to her and askes her, if she's Rachel. After she says yes, he hits her in the stomach. She ends up on the ground from not expecting it and someone from the bank had seen and asks her if she's alright. 

After the doors open she talks to someone about getting a loan. At first it doesn't work. Then, when she says it don't matter how, he gives in. She heads home to get on her laptop to send the money. Now, she's got to figure out whom she's going to kidnap. 

It bothers her a whole bunch. But, the person threating to kill Kylie isn't something she's had to deal with before. 

Yes, she does what she is told. She brings in Pete her ex husband brother to help her. It's a crazy thing and it has to be over as quickly as she can get it to be over. There are a few problems. You'll have to read the book to find out how it ends. It's a pretty good book. Made me want to continue to read it to find out for myself. Pick up the book and find out for yourself. 

This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong

 

This is the third book in the Rockton series. Casie and Eric Dulton are out do somethings away from town, when they hear a plane landing at the small airport. They are told by the pilot that they are getting a prisoner and his name is Oliver Brady. They are handed a letter and reading it, they aren't happy. Thay don't have a way to hold someone that's this dangerous. 

When they call Phil, he just tells them that they will have to figure it out. Taking the gag off his mouth just tells them that he will try what ever he can to make him seem like he's incent of whatever the letter says. Then, they take him for a walk a little ways into the woods when gun fire starts. They think someone is trying to kill him and maybe someone has hired a sniper. 

One day or so after that, Oliver is getting sick real bad and it looks like he's got poisoned. They pump his stomach and Val asks to sit with him. They don't know that he has a plan to escape. Which he does. He takes Val with him making it look like she's a hostage. 

Casie and Eric do go out looking for him and they decide to go speak with Brent and see if he can help them, but when they get there he's been shot and dying. Eric needs to find his brother Jacob and see if he's seen him. When they run into a few other people out and they just let them pass without a problem. Later after they've settled down in their camp, they hear a woman scream. They find three people dead and a girl soaked in blood. 

The end of this book, I didn't see coming. you'll have to pick it up and read it. It wasn't to bad and it moved at a fairly good pace. 

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

 

This is the first book in the Mercy Thompson series. She's a shapeshifter that switches into a Coyote. She grew up with werewolves and Bran was the Alfa where she lived. There was a reason that she had left and went west, Samual. He's Bran's son and a werewolf himself. 

Where she lives now is in a Trailor and her neighbor isn't another werewolf alfa. She's at work when she sniffs another werewolf she doesn't recognize walk into her auto shop. He says his name is Mac. He asks her if he can work to make a little bit of money and she hems and halls for a few minutes. Then, says why not. 

She senses that's he may be in some kind of trouble and wants to find out but, shell wait and see when will be the right time to ask him. She doesn't want to up set a new  werewolf, That can be very dangerous. She knows how that is. 

Then, one night she heads to her auto shop and hears noises coming from out front. It's Mac and some people that don't look like they want to talk. She switches into her Coyote and moves very quietly. What ends up happening and quickly is she has to kill a werewolf that isn't real old himself. That isn't going to turn out to cool with Adam the alfa living behind her. She calls Adam and tells him what happened but, doesn't say anything about Mac. 

When Adam shows up and sees everything, he defiantly isn't happy and seeing Mac doesn't help. Mac becomes a little passive of me and it takes Adam a few minutes to get him to let me move.   Adam takes him home and all hell brakes out. Adam is close to death, Mercy has to kill a few more werewolves in his house and ends up taking Adam to see Bran. 

Samual is a doctor and he takes care of him which leaves Mercy in a hard place. She used to love Samual. Things do progress from there. Adam gets better but, his Daughter Jesse is missing. 

You'll just have to pick up the book to find out what happen. It was really good and worth reading. 

Crush By Tracy Wolff

 

This is the second in the Crave series. Grace has been gone for over 3 in a half months and she doesn't remember what happened to her. When she's told that she's a gargoyle she is shocked. She also has no idea that Hudson is in her head. She figures it out after waking up one morning with blood all over her. 

Grace and Jaxon have been mated for awhile now. She knows that she loves him but, with Hudson around and not understanding how that could be. What she doesn't know is that her and him have become really close and that at first she really doesn't understand any of it. 

She knows that she needs to get him out of her head. He keeps saying things that don't make sense to her. They have figured that he's found at least two of the things that will help him come back. The next few things are going to take more of them to do. Her cousin, Flint and a few others decide to help. But, there is another thing coming and everyone is exciting. It's a contest where groups of people fight to when a special item and one of them is one of the things that they need. 

Hudson acts like he's jealous of her and Jaxon. Mostly its because he knows something she doesn't. Her memory hasn't come back but, a few things told by Hudson has help her realize that he's not as bad as his brother Jaxon says he is. Only time is going to prove otherwise. 

That contest is ready to start and their little group has a lot that they need to do to win. Grace has been learning how to change into her gargoyle form now and is getting pretty good at it. With a lot of help from Hudson they might just win this thing. 

When the court shows up and Hudson and Jaxon's father is the king. Things become really interesting for Grace and everyone involved. 

There is a lot in the book to unpack and I'm not going to spoil it all. You'll have to read the book to find out for yourself. It was a pretty dang good book. 

The Search by Iris Johansen

 

This book three in the Eve Duncan series. Eve has finally got her daughter back and she's getting buried. At least it's over and she and Joe Quinn and their new daughter Jane can live as happily as possible. 

Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever Monty helped out in finding her. Now, John Logan has showed up at he farm house. She knows he wants something from her again. This is something that doesn't make her happy. He never quite tells her everything. He's a man that has plenty of money and just as many secrets to boot. 

Rudzak is a really bad guy and he wants Logan dead. He blames him for his half sisters death even though he's the one that killed her. Logan only tells Sarah so much but, does say he needs her to find bodies that are barred in a plant of his. She and Monty do their job and it's never easy on either of them. Finding dead bodies just gets Monty depressed. 

After heading home, she ends up with Logan coming with. He had been shot and didn't need to come. She ends up having to take care of him. Then, one morning her dog Monty takes off out of the house and she has to track him down. He has found a wolf with her leg in a trap. Logan helps get her loose after Sarah drugs her. She wraps the leg and Monty doesn't want to leave her.

As Logan's leg heals, she is called away to a mudslide and this rescue is going to be a tough one. Logan goes with and doesn't realize that this was done on prepose. Rudzak really does want him hurting and hoping to kill him sooner then later. 

I will say that after they get back to her house, he explains more to her. He also ends up sleeping with her. Things between them isn't easy, Sarah can be a hard one to crack. She's hard headed most of the time and doesn't give in to much. But, Logan ending up in her bed wasn't what she really wanted at first. 

I enjoyed this book. It's fast paced and you learn a little bit more about Logan and Sarah. It's worth the read if you've read the other two. 

Old Bones by Preston and Child

 

This a first book in a new series. Nora Kelly is an Archaeologist,  she is meeting with a historian named Clive Benton about searching for the Dooner party camp in the Sierra Nevada mountains. She is meeting with the head of her department about going up there and with Clive's help they might just find it. Also, there is mention of gold coins left there. They do get the okay. 

Junior agent Corrie Swanson has been doing cold cases for awhile now, at least four months. Picken's family decedents having been murdered and grave robbed and kidnapped. For what reason she doesn't know. Corrie's boss, calls he into his office to allow her to investigate what is happening. This is her chance to prove herself. 

Burleson has a ranch where they can get horses to go up to where they are going to look for that lost party. They will have a few other people with them, so they will have food and horses to carrying their  equipment up there to set up. 

After being up there about a week in a half. One of Burleson's group leaves with some of the bones they find and after a search for a little while they find him at a bottom of a cliff. Agent Swanson is called in to look around, at first she thinks it's a murder. Asking everyone there what they know, she thinks there's more going on then there willing to say. 

After another murder happens, even Nora is starting to wonder the same thing. Plus, its trying to uncover the bones and then, wanting to look for the gold. Everything just seems to be falling apart on her. She not happy, having to be kicked out of her site because of all this. 

I'm not going to spoil the ending. But, I never saw what was coming at the end of the book. It's a pretty good book, worth reading.